Pakistan misleading India: BJP
With no clarity on JeM chief,BJP said pressure on Pak has lessened.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: With Pakistan backtracking from its earlier statement that Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar was in its custody, BJP on Thursday said pressure built on Pakistan has somewhat lessened.
"There has definitely been certain laxity by now in the pressure built on Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai strikes," senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha told reporters outside the Parliament on Thursday.
Criticising Pakistan's flip-flops over the status of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar, the BJP leader described the Islamic country as "extremely undependable" saying "they won't even arrest (Azhar) and claim they have arrested."
"It is not at all surprising that Pakistan has changed its statements. Pakistan is extremely undependable when it comes to taking action against terrorists based in that country. Especially when such terrorists are active against India," Sinha said.
BJP vice-president Venkaiah Naidu accused Pakistan of trying to mislead India. "The cat is finally out of the bag. First they said that Azhar is under house arrest and now they are saying that he is not in their custody. This has made clear that they are not interested in controlling terrorism from their soil," he said.
They are trying to mislead India and the world community. It is for the government of India to take note of it and convey its displeasure to that country. Pakistan is the epicentre of terrorism. You can't go by their words unless it is backed by deeds, Naidu added.
Meanwhile, the ruling Congress refused to attach any significance to Pakistan's statements saying "such statements don't matter as that country has not taken any action to stop terror activities."
"These statements (on Masood) don't matter ... for us only results matter. Our only stand is that no terror-related activity should be allowed on our soil. But this has not stopped," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said.
"There has definitely been certain laxity by now in the pressure built on Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai strikes," senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha told reporters outside the Parliament on Thursday.
Criticising Pakistan's flip-flops over the status of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar, the BJP leader described the Islamic country as "extremely undependable" saying "they won't even arrest (Azhar) and claim they have arrested."
"It is not at all surprising that Pakistan has changed its statements. Pakistan is extremely undependable when it comes to taking action against terrorists based in that country. Especially when such terrorists are active against India," Sinha said.
BJP vice-president Venkaiah Naidu accused Pakistan of trying to mislead India. "The cat is finally out of the bag. First they said that Azhar is under house arrest and now they are saying that he is not in their custody. This has made clear that they are not interested in controlling terrorism from their soil," he said.
They are trying to mislead India and the world community. It is for the government of India to take note of it and convey its displeasure to that country. Pakistan is the epicentre of terrorism. You can't go by their words unless it is backed by deeds, Naidu added.
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Meanwhile, the ruling Congress refused to attach any significance to Pakistan's statements saying "such statements don't matter as that country has not taken any action to stop terror activities."
"These statements (on Masood) don't matter ... for us only results matter. Our only stand is that no terror-related activity should be allowed on our soil. But this has not stopped," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said.
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